social media for political communication.pdf

Social Media
for Political
Communication
Ujjwal Acharya
Social Media Research Fellow
Center for Media Research - Nepal
social media for political communication.pdf
Our
discussion
today
Social media & political communication
Social media for political communication
● Intra-party communication
● Communication with public
Weaknesses of social media for political
communication
Best practices
Questions and answers
Political
communication
So what exactly
is political
communication?
All forms of
communication
undertaken by
politicians and parties
for achieving specific
objectives.
Objectives and
audiences
Inform: Cadres / citizens
Educate: Cadres
Mobilize: Cadres
Defend: Cadres / citizens
Campaign: Citizens / voters
Encourage: Citizens / voters /
opponents
Why political
communication?
Public opinion is a
constructed,
manufactured thing,
which could be shaped
and manipulated by
those with an interest
in doing so.
- Walter Lippmann 1922
Why political
communication?
- Political message
- Alignment
- Trust building
- Hope building
- VOTE
- Membership
Social media
So what exactly
is social media?
All internet tools/platforms:
1. Allows immediate publishing
2. Allows networking
3. Allows engagement
4. Gives control of contents to
the content creators
5. No moderation
Why social
media?
1. It’s free.
2. It’s easy.
3. It’s global.
4. It’s where your audience are.
5. It’s where people are shaping
their opinions.
6. Because it can create
meaningful impact through
you communication.
1SocS
Why social
media?
Nepali Facebook Users
Nepali Twitter Users
Intra-party
communication
Social media for
intra-party
communication
- Groups
- Pages
- List-servs
As opposed to
newsletters, letters,
phone calls and emails.
Objectives of
intra-party
communication
Inform: activities and decisions
Educate: policies and stances
Defend: policies, stances and
decisions
Mobilize: activities
Communication
with public
Introduce: faces and principles
Inform: policies, stances and
decisions
Defend: Policies, stances,
decisions, leaders and party
Campaign: Donation,
membership and election
Encourage: Voting
ENGAGEMENT
The golden rule of social media
Engagement
Social media is all
about engagement:
1. Say
2. Hear
3. Respond
4. Hear again
5. Respond again,
again and again
Weaknesses of
social media
Clicktivism Your followers is NOT
equal to your voters!
Your followers is NOT
equal to your
sympathizers!
Easy to click, hard to act!
Trolls, fake news
and
disinformation
Overall, harmful to democracy
through could be helpful for
short term gains.
Echo Chamber
Best Practices
Learning from the good
Build early
It takes time on social
media:
1. To gain followers
2. To create impact
3. To be trustworthy
4. It’s not elections-
only thing.
Create agendas
and icons
Agendas are what people
talk about.
Icons are what people
look at with hope.
Connect Human connections are
something that people
value!
Be human, not robots.
social media for political communication.pdf
Questions?
@UjjwalAcharya | @KANepal
ujjwal.acharya@gmail.com
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